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In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Microsoft, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Goodwill Stands Up Ecommerce Resale Marketplace GoodwillFinds.com
For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2022/10/13/fast-five-video-walmart-picks-robots-over-people-goodwill-goes-digital-tiktok-does-warehousing/
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In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Microsoft, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: TikTok Building Its Own E-comm Warehouses
For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2022/10/13/fast-five-video-walmart-picks-robots-over-people-goodwill-goes-digital-tiktok-does-warehousing/
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In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by Microsoft, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga discuss: Walmart Acquires Alert Innovation, Opens Automated FC, & Lays Off 1,500 Employees
For the full episode head here: https://omnitalk.blog/2022/10/13/fast-five-video-walmart-picks-robots-over-people-goodwill-goes-digital-tiktok-does-warehousing/
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Signifyd's SVP of Operations and Corporate Development, Bennett, gets hit with the tough questions once again from Chris and Anne, as he shares his thoughts on what retailers can expect this upcoming holiday season.
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In today’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by Microsoft, the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff, Sezzle, and Silk, Chris and Anne:
- Discussed Walmart’s bevy of robot-related news, from the purchase of Alert Innovation to its new next-generation fulfillment center in Atlanta, i.e. the very same warehouse, where it should also be noted, Walmart recently laid off almost 1,500 people.
- Got even more heated than usual arguing over whether TikTok should be building its own e-commerce warehouses.
- Applauded Goodwill for what appears to be a Herculean effort to stand up its own resale marketplace.
- Had a ton of fun riffing on Hollister’s new payment system that allows teens to send their online carts directly to their parents for payment.
- And closed with a look at why in the world the city of Chicago would be planning to roll out one-to-one autonomous delivery vehicles, when, in the very same week, Amazon announced its own plans to scuttle its Scout delivery robot.
There’s all that, plus the Tom Brady and Gisele divorce rumors, what famous art we would wear on a t-shirt, and, if I were a superhero, what my superpower would be.
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In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Volumental's Chief Marketing Officer Brent Hollowell returns to the show to discuss Chris and Anne's experience trying out Volumental's new foot scanner technology at the Fleet Feet store in Chicago.
Together the three of them discuss:
- The value of the foot scanning technology, both for the customer and the associate
- Where Volumental plans to take the technology next
- And, most importantly, why the idea of fit tech in a mass market shoe buying experience could end up being a retail marketer's dream!
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In this week's #fastfive Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, discuss their thoughts on: Deliveroo launches first bricks-and-mortar store in partnership with Morrisons
Catch their full analysis, and the entire #fastfive episode made possible by our sponsors: Microsoft, Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff Technologies, Inc., Sezzle, and Silk here: https://omnitalk.blog/2022/10/06/fast-five-walmart-one-ups-instacart-walgreens-goes-robotic-anne-wants-a-peloton-from-dicks/
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In this week's #fastfive Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, discuss their thoughts on: Walgreens Turns to Prescription-Filling Robots to Free Up Pharmacists
Catch their full analysis, and the entire #fastfive episode made possible by our sponsors: Microsoft, Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff Technologies, Inc., Sezzle, and Silk here: https://omnitalk.blog/2022/10/06/fast-five-walmart-one-ups-instacart-walgreens-goes-robotic-anne-wants-a-peloton-from-dicks/
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Fast Five Shorts | Schnucks Introduces Flexforce Employment Option
In this week's #fastfive Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga, discuss their thoughts on: Schnucks Introduces Flexforce Employment Option
Catch their full analysis, and the entire #fastfive episode made possible by our sponsors: Microsoft, Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group, Takeoff Technologies, Inc., Sezzle, and Silk here: https://omnitalk.blog/2022/10/06/fast-five-walmart-one-ups-instacart-walgreens-goes-robotic-anne-wants-a-peloton-from-dicks/
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In this latest episode of the Omni Talk Retail Spotlight Series, Silk's Chief Technology Officer Derek Swanson joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to discuss why the idea of just taking your retail operation to the cloud is much easier said than done.
Together the three of them discuss:
- The general "three-tier" approach to cloud migrations
- What data gravity is and why it is so important
- Architecting for peak vs. architecting for the average
- And, last but not least, how a virtualization layer approach can help to bring costs down and provide more flexibility in the long-run
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